High-Altitude Winds Hold Sky-High Promise for Meeting Electricity Needs

Jeff Kart — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:54:18 +0000

High-altitude winds hold enough energy to power the world 100 times over.

Though harnessing them is another issue.

You’ve heard of commercial wind turbines in farm fields, offshore turbines on the water, even small wind turbines on the rooftops of homes, but high-altitude winds are also being studied as a potential energy source.

The first-ever study of high-altitude winds by the Carnegie Institution and California State University says winds in the jet stream, about 30,000 feet up, would be the ideal source to exploit. And the sky over New York is a prime spot, along with population centers in the eastern United States and East Asia.

Google Earth Mash-Up Shows Best Areas for Renewable Energy Projects

Ariel Schwartz — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:50:03 +0000

You might think that renewable energy developers have few problems convincing towns to let them move in. But things can get surprisingly tricky when it comes to wildlife protection, according to a new map from the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Audubon Society. The Google Maps mash-up shows which renewable energy project locations are likely to provoke a fight based on the location of wilderness areas, areas where roads are banned, national parks, wildlife refuges, areas under consideration for wilderness protection, and areas that lack legal protection but contain endangered species.

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High-Altitude Winds Hold Sky-High Promise for Meeting Electricity Needs

High-altitude winds hold enough energy to power the world 100 times over.

Google Earth Mash-Up Shows Best Areas for Renewable Energy Projects